Living Abroad

Oscar-winning writer Frederic Raphael reads the first of his essay series about living abroad throughout Europe between the 1940s and 60s, beginning with the first foreign country he ever lived in: England.

Uprooted from New York City as a young boy, the writer paints a child's-eye portrait of wartime Britain, with all its class conscious peculiarities, but seen through the eyes of a young American kid used to waffles, zips and Buicks.

Producer: Jo Wheeler.

Writer Frederic Raphael recalls living in wartime Britain as a boy.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Oscar-winning writer Frederic Raphael reads the first of his essay series about living abroad throughout Europe between the 1940s and 60s, beginning with the first foreign country he ever lived in: England.

Uprooted from New York City as a young boy, the writer paints a child's-eye portrait of wartime Britain, with all its class conscious peculiarities, but seen through the eyes of a young American kid used to waffles, zips and Buicks.

Producer: Jo Wheeler.

Writer Frederic Raphael recalls living in wartime Britain as a boy.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

'Every man has two countries, his own and France' says Frederic Raphael, quoting Thomas Jefferson, as he begins part two of his essay series about living abroad across Europe.

In this programme he explores his life as a young writer in the post-war Paris of Jean-Paul Sartre, and remembers his time living in the Cote d'Azur before it was a popular tourist destination.

Frederic Raphael recalls his life as a young writer in the post-war Paris of Sartre.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

'Every man has two countries, his own and France' says Frederic Raphael, quoting Thomas Jefferson, as he begins part two of his essay series about living abroad across Europe.

In this programme he explores his life as a young writer in the post-war Paris of Jean-Paul Sartre, and remembers his time living in the Cote d'Azur before it was a popular tourist destination.

Frederic Raphael recalls his life as a young writer in the post-war Paris of Sartre.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Oscar-winning screen writer Frederic Raphael continues his essay series about living abroad across Europe.

In programme three Raphael gives an off-the-beaten-track perspective on Franco's Spain, during the late 1950s, where he lived in a small artistic community and witnessed the impact of grand politics on Spanish village life.

Writer Frederic Raphael recalls living in Franco's Spain during the late 1950s.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Oscar-winning screen writer Frederic Raphael continues his essay series about living abroad across Europe.

In programme three Raphael gives an off-the-beaten-track perspective on Franco's Spain, during the late 1950s, where he lived in a small artistic community and witnessed the impact of grand politics on Spanish village life.

Writer Frederic Raphael recalls living in Franco's Spain during the late 1950s.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Oscar-winning screen writer Frederic Raphael reads the final essay in his new series about living abroad across Europe, this time in Greece.

It's the early 1960s, and the country is as yet undisturbed by mass tourism. As Raphael travels to a remote island, echoes of the classical world rub up against the realities of post civil war division, and a village life which has barely changed for centuries.

Writer Frederic Raphael recalls living in Greece in the early 1960s.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Oscar-winning screen writer Frederic Raphael reads the final essay in his new series about living abroad across Europe, this time in Greece.

It's the early 1960s, and the country is as yet undisturbed by mass tourism. As Raphael travels to a remote island, echoes of the classical world rub up against the realities of post civil war division, and a village life which has barely changed for centuries.

Writer Frederic Raphael recalls living in Greece in the early 1960s.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.